[sw-l] ASL Maybe

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
October 19, 2004

Dear SW List and Stuart -
Thanks for your question...

Regarding the Alternating Movement...Both are correct. The double
curved symbol that represents Alternating was invented much later.
Before that symbol came into the system, we had a rule: When there are
multiple arrows like that, you read the symbols from the Center-out. So
the right and left movements closest to the center are read first, and
then the ones on the outside second...so the alternating was written
into the writing system by that rule...but you are welcome to also add
the Alternating double curves too, if you wish...it is just reinforcing
the same information...

Regarding the Mirror Key not working...it is possible that is my
fault...an error...in the IMWA symbols...I noticed a few errors like
that myself, so in November and December I plan to work on fixing those
-

Thanks for your feedback!  Val ;-)

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On Oct 19, 2004, at 10:42 AM, Stuart Thiessen wrote:

> I think I may have encountered a bug in the movement arrow selections.
> (Plus I am having trouble renaming the old versions). I was entering
> the sign MAYBE into the dictionary because I think this is written
> incorrectly. The current signs look like this:
>
> A.
> <maybe.png>  B.
> <maybe_2.png>
>
> But the actual dynamics is simultaneous alternating action. So I think
> it should be written like this: (but I'm not having much success
> saving it to SignPuddle. Right now, Sign A above is displaying in the
> dictionary as MAYBE, but when I load it, it looks the sign below, not
> Sign A. So it seems the associations have gotten confused between the
> composite sign and the build. Originally, sign A was maybe, sign B was
> maybe_2.  So I renamed Sign B as maybe_3, and renamed Sign A as
> maybe_2, and then planned to put the sign below as maybe but now it
> seems to be all confused. What is the best approach for this?
>
> <image.png>
>
> The bug that relates to the arrows is the fact that I cannot use
> mirror images of the arrows themselves. I personally like to represent
> this as the right hand going down and up and the left hand going up
> and down with a simultaneous action (one arc instead of two). But
> SignPuddle apparently doesn't have a mirror image of the arrows yet?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Stuart